[geeks] Barbeque Geekery

[Dan Sikorski]

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

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> It can be done. I'm not sure that I could find the coffee to do it here.
> I certainly don't have the need for a burr grinder, I would spend more time
> and effort cleaning it after grinding my few teaspoons of coffee each day.
>
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>   
Well, I'm not sure about where you are, but there are some pretty 
inexpensive burr grinders available here now.  I know a couple of people 
who have them, and while they are not the same as the big ones, they are 
certainly an improvement over the spinning blade grinders.

> I've seem some good home roasters, but they cost a lot of money ($500+).
> You probably could roast them in a pan in your oven if you were carefull
> or one of those stove top popcorn poppers. Hot air poprcorn poppers will
> roast coffee, but I was never able to get what I wanted out of it. The chaffe
> goes all over the room (and it's HOT!!) and getting the exact roast I
> wanted was difficult. 
>
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I'm sure that i would not be willing to roast in a pan or popcorn popper 
more than a couple of times, so for me, the cost of a roaster has been 
too great for me to be willing to try it at home.  Besides, at the rate 
that i go through coffee (less than two pounds per month) it would be a 
lot of hassle for a little coffee. 
> I was watching a TV series from Oz called "Living Coffee" and they visited
> one of the oldest commerical coffee roasting companies there. The roaster
> (person) said that in his experience coffee needed to age for a week after
> roasting to get the best flavor. He's probably right, but to be honest,
> I'd take a fresh roast cup of coffee anyday over one that was a week old.
>
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That goes along with what I understand, that the peak of flavor is a few 
days after it has been roasted.  I've never had coffee brewed with beans 
hot from the roaster, so i can't comment on that. However, I just found 
out last night about a coffee roaster in town that i was previously 
unaware of.  I think it will be worth a stop by.

    -Dan Sikorski